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SUBIACO has shot clear on top of the WAFL ladder as the last remaining undefeated team after a 96-point hammering of Swan Districts to open Round 3 on Saturday with Claremont opening its account with a thrilling win over East Fremantle.

The first two matches of Round 3 both took place on Saturday afternoon with Subiaco beating Swan Districts 21.14 (140) to 6.8 (44) and Claremont defeated East Fremantle 12.11 (83) to 11.13 (79).

And on Sunday, South Fremantle beat West Perth 15.6 (96) to 13.10 (88) and Perth held on to beat Peel Thunder 12.13 (85) to 11.13 (79).

Subiaco and Swan Districts met in the top-of-the-table clash at Leederville Oval with the two teams the last remaining undefeated sides in the competition over the opening two rounds.

The Lions made their third emphatic statement to open the 2018 campaign by the end of the day, beating Swans by 96 points on the back of beating East Perth by 118 points and South Fremantle by 58.

Brad Stevenson and Ben Sokol kicked four goals each for Subiaco with Rowen Powell booting three and Kyle Halligan two.

It was then a much tighter affair at Claremont Oval with Claremont and East Fremantle doing battle to try and build some early season momentum.

The Tigers in the end won by four points for their first win of the season after losing in Round 1 to West Perth before the Round 2 bye. The win came when Keifer Yu goaled after the siren following a free-kick.

The Sharks are now 1-2 having lost to Peel and Claremont, but beating last year's wooden spooners Perth.

Then on Sunday at HBF Arena, West Perth started strongly with five goals to one in the first quarter and led by as much as 24 points by quarter-time.

South Fremantle responded with four goals in the opening nine minutes of the second term and it was a tight contest the rest of the way.

The lead changed seven times in the second half alone but South Fremantle kicked the last three goals of the game to come from nine points down when Tyler Keitel kicked his third goal for West Perth to end up winning by eight points to make it seven straight over the Falcons.

The round then concluded at Bendigo Bank Stadium with Perth holding off a fast-finishing Peel to break a nine-game losing run against the premiers of the past two WAFL seasons.

Perth had opened up a game winning 38-point advantage by three quarter-time, but Peel stormed home with the only five goals of the last quarter. Bu the Demons were able to hold on to win by six points.